# Support

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=304

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## [sort order of exported files?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-order-of-exported-files/12291)

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**Author:** [@chrizoo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrizoo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-order-of-exported-files/12291 "2011-07-18T15:57:03Z")

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Hi. When I press CTRL+E (export), the files displayed in MP3Tag are exported to a text file … but in what order ?? I studied the export list and tried with different files and directories, but I just can’t figure it out…

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## [V2.49 naming scripts conversion from V2.46a?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v2-49-naming-scripts-conversion-from-v2-46a/12289)

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**Author:** [@phhill3](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phhill3)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v2-49-naming-scripts-conversion-from-v2-46a/12289 "2011-07-17T23:14:51Z")

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I’ve gotten help here several years ago with some scripts to use in naming files and naming track titles. MP3Tag has helped me tremendously. I use it exclusively for processing / cleaning up audio book files when I rip…

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## [\[anytag.wlx\] display ID3v1 and ID3v2](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anytag-wlx-display-id3v1-and-id3v2/12283)

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**Author:** [@chrizoo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrizoo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anytag-wlx-display-id3v1-and-id3v2/12283 "2011-07-16T22:32:01Z")

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If an mp3 file has both ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags … … can I tell anytag.wlx to display both ID3v1 AND ID3v2 ? If not, can I tell anytag.wlx whether it should display v1 or v2 ?

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## [DATE not mapped to TDRC anymore?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-not-mapped-to-tdrc-anymore/12275)

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**Author:** [@chrizoo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrizoo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2011, 10:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-not-mapped-to-tdrc-anymore/12275 "2011-07-16T10:05:34Z")

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what is the rationale for this? thank you.

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## [SoundCheck values](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/soundcheck-values/12279)

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**Author:** [@isaacb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/isaacb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/soundcheck-values/12279 "2011-07-16T08:11:37Z")

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Hi, I’m in the process of converting ReplayGain values to SoundCheck values using a formula I found on this forum: $rg2sc(%REPLAYGAIN\_TRACK\_GAIN%) This is the first time I see how a SoundCheck value looks like, so I wan…

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## [I need help to export configuration](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-need-help-to-export-configuration/12273)

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**Author:** [@macaro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/macaro)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-need-help-to-export-configuration/12273 "2011-07-15T15:37:12Z")

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Good Evening Guys, i need help with export configuration, my version is mp3tag v2.49. i have this code: $filename(txt,utf-8)$loop(%\_path%)%artist% %title% $loopend() my result is: 3 DOORS DOWN AWAY FROM THE SUN 3…

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## [Amazon.co.uk Tag Sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/amazon-co-uk-tag-sources/12262)

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**Author:** [@Jaybee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jaybee)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/amazon-co-uk-tag-sources/12262 "2011-07-15T12:23:49Z")

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I have been trying to download tag info from Amazon.co.uk. The search returns the List Of Search Results Window, with choices. I select the choice and the I get the Tag Info Window but it only displays my existing file …

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## [Default values for nonstandard tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-values-for-nonstandard-tags/12272)

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**Author:** [@Pedrozo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pedrozo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-values-for-nonstandard-tags/12272 "2011-07-14T17:14:19Z")

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How to add default values for nonstandard tags (like ENCODER)? In options is only 7 standard tag fields to put default values.

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## [Renaming folders (using discogs)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-folders-using-discogs/12271)

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**Author:** [@pxgr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pxgr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-folders-using-discogs/12271 "2011-07-13T21:29:57Z")

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## [MP3Tag, MediaMonkey don't see eye to eye concerning RATING in ID3 tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-mediamonkey-dont-see-eye-to-eye-concerning-rating-in-id3-tag/12268)

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**Author:** [@platel7e](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/platel7e)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-mediamonkey-dont-see-eye-to-eye-concerning-rating-in-id3-tag/12268 "2011-07-13T14:48:48Z")

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Incident relates to MP3Tag 2.49, MediaMonkey 3.2.5.1306 (MM) on Windows XP Professional SP3. I was testing the reliability of storing ratings in MP3 files. In MP3Tag, I created the target field name "Rating wmp" by us…

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## [Making the Title Field Match The Filename Field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-the-title-field-match-the-filename-field/12267)

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**Author:** [@jayTcold](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jayTcold)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-the-title-field-match-the-filename-field/12267 "2011-07-13T03:22:02Z")

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First off, killer app. The time and effort that went into building it is phenonimal. Question: Is there an automated method we can use to convert a Filename into a Title? Here is an example of what I currently see: F…

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## [Adding "totaltracks" tag en mass?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-totaltracks-tag-en-mass/12205)

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**Author:** [@PlasmaShock](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PlasmaShock)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-totaltracks-tag-en-mass/12205 "2011-07-13T01:47:59Z")

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I have a large number of FLAC files I would like to add a TOTALTRACKS tag to. How can I do this en mass? Let’s say I have an album with 8 tracks, I would like the totaltracks tag to be “08”, or “10” for example. If …

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## [html export producing "SYNTAX ERROR IN FORMATTING STRING"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-producing-syntax-error-in-formatting-string/12260)

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**Author:** [@blixa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blixa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-producing-syntax-error-in-formatting-string/12260 "2011-07-12T08:25:04Z")

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Hi, I was curious if anyone could point me to the proper documentation or suggest a solution to this? I know whats causing the error. its the %'s in my width comment in my table. Example: \<table width="100%" border="…

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## [Moving Cover Information in Title to Original Artist Field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-cover-information-in-title-to-original-artist-field/12257)

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**Author:** [@TestTubePuppy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TestTubePuppy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-cover-information-in-title-to-original-artist-field/12257 "2011-07-11T18:04:46Z")

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I have a bunch of files like this example: Title: Man of Mystery (The Shadows Cover) I want to change them to be like this: Title: Man of Mystery Original Artist: The Shadows My plan was to do the following in an act…

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## [Remove all tags except album art and...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-all-tags-except-album-art-and/12133)

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**Author:** [@pyro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pyro)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-all-tags-except-album-art-and/12133 "2011-07-11T14:10:09Z")

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Hello, I began using Mp3tag today and I would like to use it to clean up my music collection. what I would like to do is remove every tag there could possibly be on a batch of mp3s EXCEPT the album art. furthermore all o…

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## [Auto-numbering tracks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-numbering-tracks/6045)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-numbering-tracks/6045 "2011-07-10T23:18:52Z")

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How do I auto-number the selected tracks in the order of display? I.e. I want the first track’s TRACK field set to 1, the second’s to 2, etc. Last time I tried, using %\_counter%, I got unreliable results. Thanks.

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## [How to tag an album with freedb using file path name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-tag-an-album-with-freedb-using-file-path-name/12252)

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**Author:** [@rcsnoopdog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rcsnoopdog)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-tag-an-album-with-freedb-using-file-path-name/12252 "2011-07-10T15:18:25Z")

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I want to tag albums with tracks that have no names or info or tag but when i use Freedb or amazon.com or musicbrainz it uses the tracks name to identify it but if it dosnt have a name i want to be able to use the folder…

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## [\[Remove\] Part of Filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-filename/12247)

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**Author:** [@herwan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/herwan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-filename/12247 "2011-07-10T15:07:47Z")

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Hello, At first, I want to apologize if I am not in the right section to expose my question, and also for my bad English (luckily Google translation is here … \[:unsure:\] ) So I come to you today because I tried for a f…

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## [Standard Actions missing from action menu](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/standard-actions-missing-from-action-menu/12248)

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**Author:** [@fdumas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fdumas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/standard-actions-missing-from-action-menu/12248 "2011-07-09T20:03:04Z")

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Hi, I've just installed tha latest MP3Tag (V2.49) because I was after a tool that would allow me to embed album arts into files. From reading the help pages, that's exactly what the action "Import cover from file" does…

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## [Smart search](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/smart-search/12240)

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**Author:** [@jaypee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jaypee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/smart-search/12240 "2011-07-09T15:41:45Z")

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Hi guys, I couldn’t find any answer in the FAQ section so I decided to take my chances here at the board. Since my music cullection has roughly 15,000 songs by now, I cannot start manually searching so I need some kinda…

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## [Attempting to install](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/attempting-to-install/12242)

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**Author:** [@Deckland](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Deckland)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/attempting-to-install/12242 "2011-07-08T07:07:20Z")

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Hi all, Have downloaded and attempted to install version 2.49 (as well as a couple of older versions… same issue) and get an error at the final stage of installation, telling me the file can’t be created, and I should c…

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## [Action- Filename - Lower case except very first letter](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-filename-lower-case-except-very-first-letter/12236)

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**Author:** [@RussellRay](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RussellRay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2011, 6:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-filename-lower-case-except-very-first-letter/12236 "2011-07-08T06:59:11Z")

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Hello all Can someone help me out please with an action to apply to the FILENAME only ? My directory tree is E: \\ Music \\ Genre \\ Artist \\ Year Album \\ and then comes the filename comprising : Tracknumber (2 or 3 di…

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## [Finding Lower and Upper case in fields using filter expressions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/finding-lower-and-upper-case-in-fields-using-filter-expressions/11015)

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**Author:** [@kittmaster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kittmaster)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/finding-lower-and-upper-case-in-fields-using-filter-expressions/11015 "2011-07-07T11:51:36Z")

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I know that regular expressions can do the conversion. I use them all the time. So my problem is, I use caps for all fields and when I use the rename and there is a duplicate, it doesn’t create the file because its a d…

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## [Save Tag Not Working](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/save-tag-not-working/12231)

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**Author:** [@PoohHoney](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PoohHoney)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/save-tag-not-working/12231 "2011-07-05T04:10:32Z")

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Hey everyone, I am having trouble with the “Save Tag” option. I want to re-encode all my MP3s in ID3v2.3 and remove ID3v1, APE, etc. tags. I understand that “Save Tag” is supposed to have this functionality, however, whe…

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## [Search by: Album (Amazon.com)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-by-album-amazon-com/12221)

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**Author:** [@drphyto](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/drphyto)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2011, 8:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-by-album-amazon-com/12221 "2011-07-03T08:41:55Z")

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I’m just a bit more than overwhelmed trying to understand how to use this seemingly powerful program. Problem: some music files, when clicking “Tag Sources” and Amazon.com (for example), would produce a blank search fie…

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## [Conversion issues?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conversion-issues/12213)

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**Author:** [@courtenayguy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/courtenayguy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2011, 10:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conversion-issues/12213 "2011-07-02T10:40:18Z")

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My MP3TAG library lists 2184 entries, yet my MP3 file in Windows Media shows 3495 entries. It looks like I'm missing over 1300+ mp3's in my MP3TAG file? I'm baffled as to what's MISSING between the two? I've checked just…

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## [Holding mouse button + dragging capabilities?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/holding-mouse-button-dragging-capabilities/12214)

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**Author:** [@Ezprezo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ezprezo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/holding-mouse-button-dragging-capabilities/12214 "2011-07-01T10:36:55Z")

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Hello. Let me say that so far this program is extremely impressive. After I am done tagging my 500GB of music, I will surely donate. I do have one major issue with the program though (You will see why the issue is major …

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## [Case Conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion/12207)

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**Author:** [@deckard](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/deckard)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion/12207 "2011-06-29T16:12:46Z")

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Is there a way to make the Case Conversion not make letters following a “/” or “\[” lowercase? Thanks!

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## [Tagging a file as an Audiobook for Itunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-a-file-as-an-audiobook-for-itunes/9786)

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**Author:** [@mattardo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mattardo)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-a-file-as-an-audiobook-for-itunes/9786 "2011-06-28T20:15:30Z")

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Hi, I’ve been using this program for a long time but there’s one annoying thing that bothers me. It’s an Itunes issue, but perhaps it’s fiexable? I can tag an audiobook correctly in Mp3tag, but after I import it into It…

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## [use directories and filename all in one go?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-directories-and-filename-all-in-one-go/12199)

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**Author:** [@hooly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hooly)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-directories-and-filename-all-in-one-go/12199 "2011-06-27T16:43:54Z")

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was wondering if anyone knows how to do this. my directory structure is: %\_parentdirectory% = %artist %\_directory% = %year% - %album% %filename% = %track% - %title% was wondering what the syntax would be to transfer…

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